Family Dorippidae MacLeay 1838 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae
Parent taxon: Dorippoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa 1993, Larghi 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ethusidae, Goniochelidae, Telamonocarcinidae, Tepexicarcinidae
Subtaxa: Archaeocypoda Bartethusa Cartethusa Dorippe Dorippinae Heikeopsis Medorippe Neodorippe Nobilum Paradorippe Titanodorippe
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (3 collections), Hungary (4), Italy (2), Malaysia (6)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence